Colorado Gardener

Agave lophantha 'Quadricolor' and succulents on Kelly Grummons' deck I was excited to see the first-ever, large maroon bloom on my Stapelia (grandiflora?) plant in the kitchen window last month, but this has not been an exciting summer in the vegetable garden. Despite my inertia and the blistering heat, a few things have done extraordinarily well, especially the lemon cucumbers,...

Humans have been savings seeds for thousands of years. Just a century ago our food came from roughly 1,500 plants, plus thousands of different cultivated varieties. The United States is a country of immigrants. Many brought seeds with them from their homelands and passed these heirlooms on through the generations. Pots of planted vegetables even filled the fire escapes of city t...

Free seed for everyone! If you grow a garden you have seed - in greater abundance than you can imagine. Right now, hanging in your garden are the seeds of food, fruit, herbs and flowers just waiting for you to come and collect them.

Last month I had the joyful experience of attending a BioBlitz at the Big Gardens in Wash Park in Denver with over 30 other people. BioBlitz is a citizen science project where both beginners and experts make observations of nature using either a smart phone or regular camera, and upload the images to iNaturalist.

When should I stop feeding hummingbirds in Colorado? Should I take my feeder down in September so I don't keep them from migrating?